5:59 PM,
Dec. 9, 2013

Perry County coach Randy Napier gives instructions to his players.

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An assistant football coach and first-year teacher at the time, Randy Napier recalls being asked by the school superintendent to coach the M.C. Napier High School girls' basketball team and having a negative reaction.

"I was a football guy and thought I'd be a pretty good head coach one day," Napier said. "My dad said, 'You go back up there and tell the superintendent you'll coach that team. You're a first-year teacher. I suggest you do it.'

"I said, 'Dad, I can't coach girls. I've never even seen a high school game.'" ...